herbarium
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- noun
- /hɜrˈbɛr.i.əm/
- Specialized
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herbario
- Danny Haelewaters (@dhaelewa) is doing his PhD at the Farlow Herbarium at Harvard University.
- herbarium specimens
- herbarium collections
- virtual herbarium
And in this VR there will be little nodes and every node is keyed to an herbarium specimen, right?
- And in this VR there will be little nodes and every node is keyed to an herbarium specimen, right?
Examples
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The herbarium specimen shows that in 1938, the same plant bloomed eight days later in the season.
Academic text (2004) -
When I needed comfort or peace, I took out my herbarium and looked at my favorite leaves.
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A local university herbarium might have a specimen, or it might not.
Academic text (1996) -
Similarly, herbarium specimens were used to document the age of populations.
Academic text (2011) -
Of all his pupils, Thunberg had been the most faithful about sending letters and herbarium specimens home.
Fiction book (1994) -
Not until 1924 did any European make the trek to the plateau and collect herbarium specimens.
Academic text (1991) -
After exhaustively researching regional and local U.S. herbarium collections for specimens, Pavek went looking for rock grape across 10 states.
Academic text (1998) -
The scientist organized the plant samples in the herbarium for future research.
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As an aspiring botanist, she often spent hours studying the herbarium in the university lab.
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Each specimen in the herbarium is labeled with its name, location, and date of collection.
Synonyms
A place or collection of plants used for medicine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word herbarium comes from the Latin herba meaning 'herb' or 'plant' and the ending -arium meaning 'place for', so a herbarium is literally a 'place for plants' where dried plant samples are kept and studied.